India Facts 29

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ റോഡ് ഗതാഗതവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• First railway budget in Independent India was presented by

                  John Mathai (First Malayali Railway minister)

• Second Malayalee to become railway minister in India

                  Panambilli Govinda Menon

• Peruman Train tragedy was on

                  1988 July 8

• India's position among world countries in road length

                  2nd

• Only national highway in India that is not connected with other national highways

                  NH223, Andaman Trunk road

• Golden quadrilateral project in India connects which all cities

                  Delhi-Kolkata-Mumbai-Chennai

• East West corridor in India connecting

                  Porbanther in Gujarat to Silchar in Assam

• North South corridor in India connecting

                  Kanyakumari and Srinagar

• East west corridor meets South North Corridor at

                  Jhansi, UP

• Central road research institute located at

                  New Delhi

• Longest national highway in India

                  NH 44 (Varanasi-Kanyakumari)

• Shortest national highway in India

                  NH 966 (Kundannoor-Vellington)

• Manufacturing and maintenance of roads at borders are the responsibility of

                  Border roads organization

• No of express highways in India

                  5

• Longest express highway in India

                  Ahammadabad-Vadodara

• First express way in India

                  Mumbai-Pune express way

• First state that connects all villages by road in India

                  Kerala

• No of national highways passing through Kerala

                  9

• Longest state high way in Kerala

                  MC road (SH 1, 40 Km)

• MC road (Main Central road) connecting

                  Kesavadasapuram to Ankamaly

• Which is considered as the first national highway in India

                  Grant trunk road

• British called grant trunk road as

                  Long walk

• Places connected by Grant trunk road

                  Kolkata and Amrutsar

• Grant trunk road was built by

                  Shersha Suri
                                                                                        (To be Continued...)